IN TONIGHT'S COMMITMENT 2014 COVERAGE - WE HEAR IT WITH EACH ELECTION - EVERY VOTE COUNTS. BUT ALREADY, IT'S PREDICTED THERE WON'T BE MANY VOTES TO COUNT, IN NEW MEXICO'S PRIMARY . MEANING IT WON'T TAKE MUCH TO WIN, EITHER. 7 DAYS FROM TODAY, THERE WILL BE VOTING LINES FOR THE NEW MEXICO PRIMARY....BUT KOAT POLITICAL ANALYST BRIAN SANDEROFF BELIEVES, THEY'LL BE SHORT LINES. about 20 percent of registered democrats will participate in june primaries THERE ARE ABOUT 600 THOUSAND REGISTERED DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE, SO SANDEROFF THINKS ROUGHLY 120 THOUSAND NEW MEXICANS COULD DECIDE WHICH OF THESE 5 DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES, WILL TAKE ON GOVERNOR SUSANA MARTINEZ IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. AND THAT MEANS IT COULD TAKE ONLY 20-OR-30 THOUSAND VOTES TO WIN THE PRIMARY. people just aren't that interested in participating in primaries as they are in general elections SANDEROFF SAYS IN PART, IT'S BECAUSE MOST VOTERS ARE LOYAL TO THEIR PARTY, AND WILL VOTE FOR WHOEVER REPRESENTS THEM IN THE GENERAL. HERE'S ANOTHER-- there are many high level races that go uncontested in the primaries and that's one of the reasons or one of the contributors to a low turnout WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE ...BECAUSE EVERY VOTE, 'DOES' COUNT. some races are darn close on election day so your vote could make a difference in some key races ELECTION OFFICIALS BELIEVE TURNOUT SHOULD BE A LOT HIGHER, BECAUSE VOTING IS SO MUCH EASIER NOW. YOU CAN VOTE EARLY, THROUGH THE MAIL, FILL OUT AN ABSENTEE BALLOT OR, OF COURSE, VOTE AT A POLLING PLACE ON ELECTION DAY. however convenient we make it for the voters we do not increase voter turnout NEW MEXICO'S PRIMARY IS JUNE 3RD - ONLY REGISTERED DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS CAN VOTE IN THAT ELECTION, BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED A CLOSED CONTEST. THE GENERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 4TH, IS OPEN TO ALL VOTERS.

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